Атлант расправил плечи
The John Galt line
Whatdoeshecareifpeoplelosetheirliveswhenhisbridgecollapses?"
"TheTaggartshavebeenabandofvulturesforgenerations,"peoplesaid."It’sintheirblood.JustrememberthatthefounderofthatfamilywasNatTaggart,themostnotoriouslyanti-socialscoundrelthateverlived,whobledthecountrywhitetosqueezeafortuneforhimself.YoucanbesurethataTaggartwon’thesitatetoriskpeople’slivesinordertomakeaprofit.Theyboughtinferiorrail,becauseit’scheaperthansteel—whatdotheycareaboutcatastrophesandmangledhumanbodies,afterthey’vecollectedthefares?"
Peoplesaiditbecauseotherpeoplesaidit.Theydidnotknowwhyitwasbeingsaidandheardeverywhere.Theydidnotgiveoraskforreasons."Reason,"Dr.Pritchetthadtoldthem,"isthemostnaiveofallsuperstitions."
"Thesourceofpublicopinion?"saidClaudeSlagenhopinaradiospeech."Thereisnosourceofpublicopinion.Itisspontaneouslygeneral.Itisareflexofthecollectiveinstinctofthecollectivemind."
OrrenBoylegaveaninterviewtoGlobe,thenewsmagazinewiththelargestcirculation.Theinterviewwasdevotedtothesubjectofthegravesocialresponsibilityofmetallurgists,stressingthefactthatmetalperformedsomanycrucialtaskswherehumanlivesdependedonitsquality."Oneshouldnot,itseemstome,usehumanbeingsasguineapigsinthelaunchingofanewproduct,"hesaid.Hementionednonames.
